immunity
Significado: Protection against or exemption from something, especially a disease or legal obligation; the body's ability to resist infection.
Immunity operates across medical, legal, and figurative domains. In medicine, it is the body's defence against pathogens, achieved naturally through infection or artificially through vaccination. In law, it refers to exemption from prosecution or legal obligation — diplomatic immunity, parliamentary immunity, witness immunity. Figuratively, it means being unaffected by something harmful. Common collocations include 'diplomatic immunity,' 'herd immunity,' 'grant immunity,' 'immune system,' and 'immunity from prosecution.'
Ejemplos
- The vaccination programme aimed to build herd immunity by inoculating at least eighty per cent of the adult population. 疫苗接种计划旨在通过为至少百分之八十的成年人口接种来建立群体免疫。El programa de vacunación pretendía generar inmunidad de grupo vacunando al menos al ochenta por ciento de la población adulta.ワクチン接種プログラムは、成人人口の少なくとも80パーセントに接種することで集団免疫の構築を目指した。백신 접종 프로그램은 성인 인구의 최소 80퍼센트에 접종함으로써 집단 면역을 구축하는 것을 목표로 했다.
- The diplomat's immunity from prosecution meant that he could not be charged despite strong evidence of wrongdoing. 该外交官的起诉豁免权意味着,尽管有确凿证据,他也不能被起诉。La inmunidad diplomática del embajador impedía que fuese procesado a pesar de las sólidas pruebas de su actuación ilícita.その外交官の起訴免除特権により、有力な証拠があるにもかかわらず起訴することができなかった。그 외교관의 기소 면제 특권으로 인해, 유력한 증거가 있음에도 불구하고 기소할 수 없었다.
- Years of working in the tabloid press had given her a near-total immunity to public criticism. 多年在小报工作的经历使她对公众批评几乎完全免疫。Años de trabajo en la prensa sensacionalista le habían conferido una inmunidad casi total frente a las críticas públicas.タブロイド紙での長年の仕事が、彼女に世間の批判に対するほぼ完全な耐性を与えていた。타블로이드 언론에서의 오랜 경력이 그녀에게 대중의 비판에 대한 거의 완전한 내성을 길러 주었다.
Pronunciación
Guía de uso
Contexto: medical, legal, media
Tono: neutral
Origen e historia
From Latin immunitas (exemption from public service or charge), from immunis (exempt, free from), from in- (not) + munis (ready for service, obliging). The medical sense of resistance to disease developed in the nineteenth century alongside germ theory.
Contexto cultural
Era: Modern
Generation: All ages
Social background: Universal
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